Human Growth and Development / Unit 10 HGD 1353 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Rites of Passage
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The idea
Rites of passage are explicit cultural markers of progress toward adult status, from a bar or bat mitzvah at twelve or thirteen to a quinceañera at fifteen.
In practice
US legal markers: driving at fifteen to seventeen by state, voting at eighteen, alcohol at twenty-one.
Where people slip
Legal ages vary by state, and some markers, such as insurance at twenty-six, reflect policy rather than maturity.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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